Norwegian Refugee Council International NGO Education Officer Jobs in South Sudan
The Project Officers are responsible for coordination of Education activities for Schools in Duk County. Responsible for the implementation for overall activities and supervise the efficient distribution of Teaching Learning materials at the site and ensure proper distribution of entitlements and verify appropriate entitlements are distributed to beneficiaries and provide written feedback to the school. Provide training to teachers, Centre management committees/PTAS and Ministry of Education officials within the project location.
Generic responsibilities
Coordinate Education project activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements
Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities
Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans
Coordinate with relevant partners
Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures
Train and develop team
Prepare periodic progress reports and other documents as required
Investigate and facilitate introduction of new technology, methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities
Specific responsibilities
Ensuring effective implementation of Education activities at school levels
Monitor the daily deliveries, daily usage supplies and equipment in School
Provide advice, training and encouragement to school head teachers and traditional leaders, PTA Executives and the general community in order to promote effective support and sustainability of the programme
Participate in community meetings and school’s organized PTA Meeting to provide information to assist in school management the school levels.
Initiating, implementing and managing capacity building needs for the teachers, feeding committees, head teachers and other PTA committees on the identified school issues, use of programme equipment provided by the organization
Support M&E Officer in collecting data for management and operational decision making, enrolment figures, promotion rates, daily attendance figures as well as development and collecting success stories)
Prepare comprehensive weekly, monthly and end of term report on the administration, personal issues and tracking sheet to inform NRC managements as per program directive
Liaises with concerned government offices for smooth and efficient food programming.
Determine training needs of teachers and SMcs from time together with the cluster and the Project coordinator
Liaise with Education authorities in monitoring and clinical supervision of teachers in schools.
Innovative in developing training materials for effective training.
Develop and implement cluster approach to training of teachers to enhance information sharing among teachers after trainings.
Establish appropriate teacher resource kits within learning centres in consultations with teachers.
Keep accurate records of teachers trained including follow-up activities.
Prepare accurate training and monthly reports.
Other relevant tasks as assigned by Education Coordinator or s/he designate
Competencies
Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. Details about NRC’s competencies are to be found in the Competency Framework. Competencies are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following three categories:
Value driven competencies
Values are aspirational attitudes and beliefs that influence the way people conduct themselves. NRC’s values are: Dedicated, Innovated, Inclusive and Accountable.
Behavioral competencies
These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. Of the 12 behavioral competencies, the following are essential for this position:
Managing resources and achieving results
Handling insecure environments
Working with people
Coping with change
Professional competencies
These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.
Generic professional competencies for this position:
Experience from working as education Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
Knowledge about own manager skills/profile
Fluency in English, both written and verbal
Context related skills, knowledge, and experience
Holder of Diploma or bachelor’s degree in education strictly
Knowledge of the context in Jonglei State
Knowledge of the local language (Dinka/Arabic) – if different than English
Experience with start-up, exit or similar
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Norwegian Refugee Council International NGO Education Officer Jobs in South Sudan
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